This is becoming one fantastic project with lots of figures I have never seen before.Lots of surprising poses of figures, and good conversions by you. Well done, good work Gerry. I wish this was my project

You posted some other extremely realistic threads last months. But I prefer to reply on Napoleons period instead of WW2 because of my personal interests and fascinations.

I like to share a very short eye-witness account with you, written down by a surviving Dutch soldier serving in Napoleons army during that terrible retreat from Moscow 'When I saw our men walking through the snow, they did not look human. They were black all over. Their cloths, faces, hands and hair, everything was black because of the smoke of the many fires they had made to keep warm. And because of the dirt they had been sleeping in.'

This is becoming one fantastic project with lots of figures I have never seen before.Lots of surprising poses of figures, and good conversions by you. Well done, good work Gerry. I wish this was my project

You posted some other extremely realistic threads last months. But I prefer to reply on Napoleons period instead of WW2 because of my personal interests and fascinations.

I like to share a very short eye-witness account with you, written down by a surviving Dutch soldier serving in Napoleons army during that terrible retreat from Moscow 'When I saw our men walking through the snow, they did not look human. They were black all over. Their cloths, faces, hands and hair, everything was black because of the smoke of the many fires they had made to keep warm. And because of the dirt they had been sleeping in.'

Mr Cryns

Your continued support and kind words on this topic are very much appreciated.

I fully understand your sentiments on the WW2 stuff I post and I understand that everybody has a different area of intrest and focus.

I have a wide intrest in mostly Napoleonic WW1 and WW2 although I tend to stay clear of more modern conflicts.

The inspiration for this project has come from my finding a copy of "The Memoires of Sergeant Burgoine" who was a member of Napoleons Gaurd and went through the whole Russian campaigne including the retreat.

If you have not read this I recomend it as it is a first hand account of this terrible event as told by an ordinary soldier.

Beano Boy wrote:Wonderful figures and painting display Gerry, I love all those 28`s. ucp.php?mode=logoutI can remember back in the day,unpegging my jeans from the cloths line in the garden,and they being frozen solid enough just to stand up on their own. BB

Beano Boy

Thanks for that.

Much appreciated.

Not only do I remember that.I also remember sitting in the bath with my jeans on to shrink them ,and then fading them with bleach.

You two should probably not be hanging clothes up to dry outside during a blizzard!

Cossacks look fantastic. Gerry works in many different scales, but which is his favorite and why?

Bluefalcion

I live in Scotland a blizzard is balmy weather here LOL.

Thanks for your comment.

Much appreciated.

I really do not have a favourite scale I have done 15mm,28mm, 1/35th, and 1/48th scales the most and tend to stick to them.

At the moment I am loving doing Napoleonics as I have always had a weakness for them and if I am honest I prefer 28mm as they are not too big for storage and have plenty of detail in them for good painting.

All those labour saving machines so the women are released to go out and work to earn enough money to pay for all those labour saving machines which allows them to go out and work to earn enough to pay for the labour saving............................. Oh dear

Hi Gerry,we all suffer from that which you describe. Well done on your latest work presented here along with the buffed up antique furniture now on show. I bet even the Woodworm will have fur boots,hats and coats on by the time you finish. BB